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Two-hundred and twenty-five House lawmakers April 18 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 18 proposed an inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2017 that removes its controversial 0.2% inpatient payment cut on hospitals. The AHA called the decision “an important…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2017. The rule would increase rates by 0.85% in FY 2017 compared to FY 2016, after accounting for inflation and other adjustments required by law.…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its long-term care hospital prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2017. The rule proposes a 2.7% market-basket update, a 0.5% cut for productivity and an additional 0.75% cut as mandated by the Affordable…
As many as 225 members of the House of Representatives today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will extend the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative for Model 2, 3 and 4 awardees who choose to participate for two more years, CMS Acting Principal Deputy Administrator Patrick Conway, M.D., announced today.
Appropriate use of antibiotics to prevent surgical site infections varies substantially across children’s hospitals, according to a study reported today in JAMA Pediatrics. Based on a review of administrative data from 31 freestanding children’s hospitals between 2010 and 2013, appropriate use…
The Oregon Medicaid program could have saved $10.1 million in 2014 by requiring all Medicaid managed care organizations to meet a minimum medical loss ratio of 85%, the standard for large group insurers and Medicare Advantage plans under the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released…
About 2.9% of pregnant women with symptoms and 0.3% of those without symptoms had Zika virus when tested after traveling to or from areas with active transmission, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s 0.8% of all pregnant women…